hoven

See also: Hoven

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uːvən

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoven, from Old English hafen, ġehafen, from Proto-Germanic *habanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”). More at heave.

Alternative forms

Verb

hoven

  1. Alternative past participle of heave

Etymology 2

Adjective

hoven (not comparable)

  1. Affected with the disease called hoove.
    hoven cattle

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -oːvən

Noun

hoven

  1. Plural form of hof

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hoven m

  1. definite singular of hov

Swedish

Noun

hoven

  1. definite singular of hov
  2. definite plural of hov
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